Editor

Morningstar; Mumbai; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Morningstar DBRS, based in Mumbai, seeks an experienced editor to proofread, fact-check, and polish complex financial reports for investor clients. The role supports structured credit research and mortgage-backed securities narratives.

You will rewrite copy for clarity, ensure AP style familiarity, and collaborate across teams to meet deadlines. A bachelor’s degree and 4+ years editing in finance are required; Excel/PowerPoint are a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, communications, or related field.
• Four+ years of experience as writer/editor with credit-ratings or financial publications.
• Proven writing skills, including lede, conclusion, titles, headlines, and subheads.
• Ability to rewrite copy for logical flow and clarity.
• Strong proofreading/editing skills demonstrated via editing tests.
• Ability to perform basic math calculations (percentages).
• Familiarity with AP style; willingness to learn Morningstar DBRS style.
• Ability to manage multiple editing tasks and meet deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excel and PowerPoint familiarity is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Proofread and edit articles and monthly reports for accuracy and clarity.
• Proofread, fact-check, and edit presale reports for mortgage-backed and asset-backed securitizations.
• Ensure all reports adhere to Morningstar DBRS style standards.
• Collaborate to deliver high-quality, error-free content for investors.
• Assist with editing marketing and compliance materials and client communications.

Skills

Strong writing

Proofreading & editing

Written & verbal communication

AP style familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, or communications

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

The Team:

Morningstar DBRS’s Research group provides independent analysis on individual securities, funds, markets, and portfolios. The Research group also provides data on hundreds of thousands of investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on millions of equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar DBRS is one of the largest independent sources of fund, equity, and credit data and research in the world, and our advocacy for investors’ interests is the foundation of our company.

The Role:

Morningstar DBRS’s structured credit research and ratings subsidiary, a Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization (NRSRO), is seeking an experienced editor to proofread, fact check, and polish complex financial reports for our investor clients. Our goal is to help investors evaluate structured finance investments, including commercial and residential mortgage-backed securities, as well as asset-backed securities. With Morningstar DBRS, structured finance investors have access to high-quality ratings, investment research, surveillance services, data, and technology solutions. This position is based in our Mumbai, India, office.

Responsibilities

• Proofread and edit articles and monthly reports for accuracy, sentence structure, organization, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
• Proofread, fact check, and edit presale reports for mortgage-backed and asset-backed securitizations.
• Ensure all reports adhere to Morningstar DBRS style standards.
• Work collaboratively to ensure high-quality, error‑free content that achieves Morningstar DBRS’s mission to provide fundamental insight and analysis to help investors make decisions.
• Assist in other duties as needed, including editing marketing and compliance materials and correspondence with clients.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, communications, or a related field.
• A minimum of four years of experience as a writer or editor with a credit‑ratings agency, general business and financial publication, or structured‑finance industry publication.
• Proven writing skills, including the ability to write a compelling lede, succinct conclusion, titles, headlines, and subheads.
• Ability to significantly rewrite copy to ensure organization is logical and easy to follow.
• Strong proofreading and editing skills as proven through the successful completion of Morningstar DBRS’s editing tests.
• Ability to do basic math calculations, including calculating percentages.
• Familiarity of Associated Press style and willingness to learn Morningstar DBRS style.
• Ability to handle multiple editing jobs simultaneously and meet strict deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with Excel and PowerPoint is a plus.

Morningstar DBRS is an equal opportunity employer.

About Us

Morningstar DBRS is a leading provider of independent rating services and opinions for corporate and sovereign entities, financial institutions, and project and structured finance instruments globally. Rating more than 4,000 issuers and 60,000 securities, it is one of the top four credit rating agencies in the world.

Morningstar DBRS empowers investor success by bringing more transparency and a much‑needed diversity of opinion in the credit rating industry. Our approach and size allow us to be nimble enough to respond to customers' needs in their local markets, but large enough to provide the necessary expertise and resources they require. Market innovators choose to work with us because of our agility, tech‑forward approach, and exceptional customer service.

Morningstar DBRS is the next generation of credit ratings.

If you receive and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentiality to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example all, U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker.

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in‑person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.

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